Dye & Durham (DND) Competitors

Dye & Durham (TSE:DND) and Kinaxis (TSE:KXS) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and risk.

Which has more risk and volatility, DND or KXS?

Dye & Durham has a beta of 2.09, meaning that its stock price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kinaxis has a beta of 0.78, meaning that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DND or KXS?

Kinaxis received 428 more outperform votes than Dye & Durham when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.30% of users gave Kinaxis an outperform vote while only 48.98% of users gave Dye & Durham an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Dye & Durham	Outperform Votes 48 48.98%	Underperform Votes 50 51.02%
Kinaxis	Outperform Votes 476 63.30%	Underperform Votes 276 36.70%

Do analysts prefer DND or KXS?

Dye & Durham presently has a consensus price target of C$22.50, suggesting a potential upside of 91.49%. Kinaxis has a consensus price target of C$192.67, suggesting a potential upside of 24.21%. Given Dye & Durham's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Dye & Durham is more favorable than Kinaxis.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dye & Durham	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Kinaxis	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, DND or KXS?

Kinaxis has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Dye & Durham. Dye & Durham is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kinaxis, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dye & Durham	C$476.15M	1.72	-C$177.38M	-C$2.45	-4.80
Kinaxis	C$335.79M	9.29	C$14.53M	C$1.01	153.95

Is DND or KXS more profitable?

Kinaxis has a net margin of 4.33% compared to Dye & Durham's net margin of -37.25%. Kinaxis' return on equity of 4.69% beat Dye & Durham's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dye & Durham	-37.25%	-40.98%	1.78%
Kinaxis	4.33%	4.69%	1.88%

Does the media favor DND or KXS?

In the previous week, Dye & Durham had 11 more articles in the media than Kinaxis. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Dye & Durham and 3 mentions for Kinaxis. Kinaxis' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Dye & Durham's score of -0.44 indicating that Kinaxis is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dye & Durham	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	7 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Kinaxis	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in DND or KXS?

47.6% of Dye & Durham shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.5% of Kinaxis shares are owned by institutional investors. 25.6% of Dye & Durham shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of Kinaxis shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Kinaxis beats Dye & Durham on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.